Heinrich Kühn
Akt in der Morgensonne

ArtistAustrian, 1866–1944
CultureAustrian
Titles
  • Akt in der Morgensonne
  • Nude in Morning Sun
Datec. 1920
MediumBromoil print
DimensionsImage: 11 × 7 15/16 in. (28 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 11/16 × 10 5/16 in. (34.8 × 26.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, the Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.549
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

In the early years of the 20th century, European and American
fine-art photographers embraced subjects, processes, and aesthetic approaches
imitative of drawing and painting as a means of distinguishing themselves from
run-of-the-mill commercial studios and the legions of Sunday snapshooters with
their newfangled Kodaks. Here, in softly rendered tones that might easily be mistaken
for a watercolor or wash drawing, Heinrich Kühn photographed a woman rising
from bed in morning light— an image evocative of past art from Rembrandt to
Degas.




ProvenanceLotte Schönitzer-Kuehn; [Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, December 1, 1977; given to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"Heinrich Kuhn: The Perfect Photograph," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 6–May 30, 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right under image: Heinrich Kühn
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower left corner: xx
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right corner: KK
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right corner: neg. 34 [underlined]
Pencil lines marking verso center of sheet vertically and horizontally
Signed in pencil, recto, lower right under image: Heinrich Kühn

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